Friday, February 27, 2009

End of the Week Gaming Recap...

I just feel like posting some stuff from this week in the world of gaming that caught my eye...

I think I said many times (here and Twitter) that I'm buying Killzone 2 over Resident Evil 5 as my Spring Break game. I might as well support Sony's big FPS eventually. The demo that came out yesterday on the U.S. PSN Store also convinced me to buy it as well.


Punch-Out Wii coming out on May 18 - Likely my excuse to play my Wii again as it still continues to collect dust (Maybe MadWorld next month if it is really awesome).



I actually played LittleBigPlanet again (haven't played in a while) to mess with the new Contra levels (aka LittleBigContra). It is really impressive how accurate the creators made things Contra-esque. I just hope it doesn't get taken down due to obvious issues.




Sega fans went crazy with the announcement of Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram 5.66 coming to Xbox Live Arcade (only confirmed in Japan for now and 1200 MS Points). For those who don't know, Virtual On was one of those standout arcade games with robots in the mid to late 90s with an unique cabinet and twin stick controls. Sure, playing this on a console like the Dreamcast or the 360 is different from the pure arcade experience, but it is nice that Sega still cares about some of their franchises. Hopefully this game will be confirmed for the States along with a PSN version if Sega wants more money.

Yes, I'm still playing lots of Street Fighter IV on PS3 and thanks to the Femme Fatale Pack DLC (Alternate costumes for the female characters), I'm actually playing more Chun-Li, Cammy, and Rose both off and online (even though ranked matches are still hella frustrating with the minefield of shoto scrubs - I just wish people would learn more characters besides Ryu & Ken, but it's nice to want things). This weekend is pretty much challenge modes and online madness as you'll likely to see a revised review of this by sometime next week if I have time.



Also semi-SF4 related, the first episode of the Dogface Show is out on the interwebs as it features Gootecks, SoCal SF4 ambassador and host of the Street Fighter Podcast, and Mike Ross, a SF4 Honda player who used to play Marvel vs. Capcom 2 seriously. Dogface answers the hard hitting questions to these guys and funny stuff ensues.